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Wasn't trying to overwhelm number of arguments. Had to look up "gish gallop". Thanks, for that one. All was from the one report in Wikipedia, and yes I trust them far more that anyone should trust OAN I avoided using Madcow, as she too is highly biased. I also went into an basic internet search for story retractions from OAN, restating search argument 3 different ways. I appears they stand behind their bullshit, no matter what or how easily disproven. I have heard retractions on NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, and I believe even FOX. I know for sure I have heard FOX talking heads contradict crap put out by others on FOX. I'll keep checking in with FOX daily, but not prime time. On my high def channels, OAN is way up the list, not included in the news tier selections. I doubt if they ever will be unless I move to Moscow, and that ain't happening. OAN sounds like propaganda whores to me. Good luck with your "news" intake.This gish gallop list doesn't mean anything to me, it just looks like you took the opportunity to spew your dislike for a right leaning news source. Even if your entire gish gallop list is 100% true, oan is just another news and propaganda source that should not be trusted. We should assume that ALL news and propaganda sources are corrupt, evil, and biased, but we should also study ANY and ALL of them we can in search of the truth. Watch all of them, trust NONE of them.I also believe in obtaining news from many sources, butAll the news sources are biased. That's why it is so important to study a very broad range of news from every bias.Yes, I ready your post #4. I just do not consider consuming what is supposed to information, but is likely heavily laced with propaganda, that the organization does not even acknowledge may be biased at their end due to hiring choices. Wikipedia:Hopefully you posted this before you read post 4.OAN is your new favored news source?
Trump’s New Favorite Channel Employs Kremlin-Paid Journalist
MOONLIGHTING
Kristian Rouz appears on segments for One America News Network—ironic given he is working for a Russian outlet fingered in the 2016 election attack.
One of OAN's reporters, Kristian Brunovich Rouz, simultaneously works for the Russian propaganda outlet and news agency Sputnik, which is state-owned; when Rouz runs segments on OAN that relate to Russia, OAN does not disclose that he also works for Sputnik.[20]
As of 2018, far-right conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec worked for OANN as a political correspondent.[59] Posobiec was a prominent proponent of the Pizzagate conspiracy theory and Murder of Seth Rich conspiracy theories
False story about Bible ban
In April 2018, OAN ran a segment falsely claiming that a California bill would ban the sale of Bibles.[61] Within 24 hours, the OAN video was viewed 2.4 million times on Facebook.[61] Snopes determined that this claim was a misrepresentation, noting the bill actually targeted gay conversion therapy.[61]
Interview subject with a fake name
In July 2019, the network interviewed a pro-Trump activist about allegations of anti-conservative bias on Reddit. OANN identified the man as Dennis F. Charles and said he was a "a conservative social media analyst."[34] However, that was not his name and OANN did not disclose that he was using a pseudonym.[34]
Fabricated story about Hillary Clinton funding Antifa
OANN ran a wholly fabricated story alleging that Hillary Clinton's political action committee secretly gave $800,000 to Antifa.
During the mid-term campaign for the November 2018 U.S. elections, OAN ran a segment claiming that Democratic congressional candidate Ammar Campa-Najjar's "father praised the deaths of the Israelis, saying they deserved to die." The Washington Post fact-checker noted that there is no attribution to this statement in the OAN segment. An OANN commentator also claimed that groups connected to the Muslim Brotherhood donated to Campa-Najjar's campaign and that the FEC website showed this.The Washington Post fact-checker said it "couldn’t find evidence of this after searching Campa-Najjar’s filings with the Federal Election Commission."
Dude! You sure these propagandists should be on your preferred list of source? These people and their use of lies, unsubstantiated claims, failure to acknowledge some of their staff are Russians, and have made a living writing for Spunik, especially when reporting on Russia linked stories.
It is kind of like bad water. If you do not want to suffer the ill effects of propaganda, do not intentionally consume it. Just sayin..............